Pachydesmini is a tribe of
flat-backed millipede
Polydesmida (from the Greek language, Greek ''poly'' "many" and ''desmos'' "bond") is the largest order (biology), order of millipedes, with more than 5,000 species, including all the millipedes reported to produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN). This or ...
s in the family
Xystodesmidae
Xystodesmidae is a family of millipedes in the suborder Leptodesmidea within the order Polydesmida (the "flat-backed" or "keeled" millipedes). The family Xystodesmidae was created by the American biologist Orator F. Cook in 1895 and named after ...
. There are at least 3 genera and more than 20 described species in Pachydesmini.
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Genera
These three genera belong to the tribe Pachydesmini:
* '' Dicellarius'' Chamberlin, 1920
* '' Pachydesmus'' Cook, 1895
* '' Thrinaxoria'' Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1950
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